Tramadol/Acetaminophen or Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen for the Treatment of Ankle Sprain: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Hewitt, David J ^a   Todd, Knox H ^b   Xiang, Jim ^a   Jordan, Donna M ^a   Rosenthal, Norman R ^a  

^a Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANKLE INJURIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 33947187180     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

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